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A Shelbyville check cashing business was robbed late Saturday morning, police said. Two women at Check Into Cash, on Madison Street in the old Taco Bell building, said a man they could only describe as a "white male" came in and demanded money. "He never showed a weapon but acted like he had one," Detective Sgt. Charles Merlo of the Shelbyville Police Department said...

A delivery driver said he was robbed, possibly at gunpoint, early Thursday at a Shelbyville restaurant. The driver, from Georgia, told police he was told to “hand over your wallet” around 1:10 a.m. at Popeye’s, North Main Street, while in the truck’s refrigerated trailer. He told the man where his wallet was and only got a brief glimpse at the robber, who took it and his cellphone. The phone was later found behind a Quarry Street home...

Three people were charged with possession of marijuana during a traffic stop late Tuesday night on Fairfield Pike. Mario Mureno Jr., 21, of Sherwood Court was stopped by officer Nathan Everhart due to a non-functioning headlight. Everhart said in his report he smelled marijuana and requested a vehicle search...

An employee of a Shelbyville convenience store admitted taking money from a bank deposit bag last week, police said. Toney Lee Walton, 29, of South Thompson told police he needed the $390 taken from Quick Mart, North Cannon Boulevard, to pay rent. Walton, who was fired over the incident, was captured on security video taking the deposit bag from a safe to the kitchen, then returning it seconds later around 2 a.m. Thursday, officer Sam Campbell’s report said...

A suspect who allegedly threatened two men with a handgun after they refused to help jump start a vehicle Monday was charged with two counts of aggravated assault. Police were told Marquis Antwon Tipton, 28, of Sunset Drive walked up to a Locust Street home shortly after 7:30 a.m. The men at the home refused to jump start the car due to seeing another vehicle being electronically damaged by a previous attempt...

Former Shelbyville Public Works director Mark Clanton was appointed Tuesday night by Bedford County Board of Commissioners to serve as Bedford County Highway Superintendent once current highway superintendent Stanley Smotherman retires at the end of January...

Shelbyville police are continuing to search for the man who robbed a Shelbyville check cashing business late Saturday morning. Two women at Check Into Cash, on Madison Street in the old Taco Bell building, said a man they could only describe as a “white male” came in and demanded money...

In the mix of nearly 20,000 dancing lights at Joey and Jennifer Steadman’s home off Fairfield Pike is a brilliant Christmas tree dedicated to their 8-year-old friend Avery Smith. “This boy shines brighter than all our lights! Jennifer says. “His heart is so big.”...

After two years of completely-clean, no-finding audits, Bedford County’s streak has ended — the newly-released audit of the 2017-18 fiscal year has one finding, which County Finance Director Robert Daniel said was the result of a mistake in the normal end-of-the-year budget amendment...

A suspect accused of shooting two adults and a child with BB shots Nov. 1, injuring one of the adults, was arrested Sunday. Terrance Deroy Mathis, 32, of Shelbyville was spotted at a Depot Street convenience store late Sunday afternoon by a Bedford County deputy. Mathis was arrested without incident...

Here is a rundown of some of the agencies that provide support for cancer patients (or, in one case, mammograms for those concerned by might have breast cancer). Bedford Cancer Foundation is a local not-for-profit which assists qualified cancer patients who are residents of Bedford County. Assistance is usually a monetary gift to help with day to day expenses...